Yeti

Im curious too. Its a big spend for sure. Im most curious of the claim of 5+ days of keeping stuff cold or frozen, not really the toughness of it.
I have an Igloo Xtreme 5 day cooler - Nope, dont get 5 days of anything. Im headed west in a few weeks and roughing it so Im trying to make decisions..
Good thread I hope...
 
I have 2 Yeti Tundra 250 that I use at work about 4-5 times a year. Expensive but rugged.

I personally think that if any cooler is preped properly by icing down before loading up the cooler, and if all possable loading meats chilled or frozen into the cooler you can easily get 4-5 days out of it. Protecting from direct sunlight will also extend the performance. I also have great success on long hunting triops using dry ice as well.
 
Dakotazeb said:
Looks like the Coleman is the "best bang for the buck".
Click to expand...

Thanks for the correction. Mine is the Coleman Xtreme.
Excellent advice above too - cool down your coolers before filling them, I'm fortunate to have a walk-in freezer. All my coolers go in for a few hours before being filled.
 
UplandHntr said:
Thanks for the correction. Mine is the Coleman Xtreme.
Excellent advice above too - cool down your coolers before filling them, I'm fortunate to have a walk-in freezer. All my coolers go in for a few hours before being filled.
Click to expand...

I've done that for years. Stick the cooler in the freezer (provided there is room) for a few hours prior to use. It helps a lot in keeping things cold with any cooler.
 
A trick I learned from my dad was to cover the cooler with a sleeping bag or heavy blanket to help keep the cold in and the heat out.
 
A duct tape seal on the lid works good too. Brought elk meat home on 2 small blocks of dry ice from colorado few years back. After 48 hours in a cross county drive across all temp zones(+32 degrees f) the meat was still frozen solid. It was a coleman extreme (green) from walmart for $54. If i can do that for $54 bucks no way i will own a $500 cooler.
 
i looked into these a couple weeks ago when they were on sale at cabelas. I don't frequent places where grizzly bears attack coolers, so I will stick with my coleman extreme.
 
Although i don't own one, I can vouch for it keeping stuff cold! I have an uncle that has one and we went on a deer hunting trip to southwest Missouri. He had brought the cooler full of stuff from Texas all the way to Missouri and it was still going strong. The ice lasted almost the whole week we were there. We only had to put another bit in for the remainder of the hunting trip.
 
Awesome cooler!!!!!

I bought the Yeti roadie 20 this spring. I was a little skeptical on spending that much money on it but this thing is awesome. I precool mine with ice before I use it for a long trip. Mine will keep ice for more than five days. I decided to buy the small one for hunting and fishing trips. If you have the money to spend I would say go for it, you won't be disappointed!
 
I can vouch for the Grizzly brand. Same idea as the Yeti, and the quality is excellent. The deciding factor that made me choose the Grizzly over the Yeti is because the Grizzly says it is made in the USA, and the Yeti does not...

I have taken it on several camping trips, and pack it tight with ice. Then after a couple days of camping, when everybody is out of ice, we open the Grizzly and use it to fill up everybody's coolers.

Yeti or Grizzly, just leave it in the shade and don't open it unless you absolutely have to, and it will hold ice for an exceptionally long time.
 
Friend of mine has one. Bullet proof, grizzly proof, we'll... maybe not quite bullet proof. Heck... drop it from a plane and it probably will stay intact. Keeps things cold a loooong..... time too. :10sign:
 
Yep, good coolers. Heavy. If I am not needing ice for long periods, I find myself using the cheap igloo, lighter and it is a one man cooler (to move).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top